Hamburg Science Summit 2025

“Europe’s Innovation Challenge”

18 September 2025 | Körber-Stiftung | Hamburg, Germany

In an era of increasing geopolitical competition, science and innovation will be key to safeguarding Europe’s prosperity and strategic autonomy. Yet core questions remain: What role will the next EU research framework (FP10) play? How should Europe respond to growing uncertainty in transatlantic relations? And how can it safeguard academic freedom while maintaining scientific integrity in policymaking? At the Hamburg Science Summit 2025, leading figures from science, policy, business, and think tanks will explore how Europe can regain leadership in cutting-edge research as it seeks to balance scientific openness and strategic interests. 

View the full programme here.

Please note: Participation is limited. Attendance is subject to selection by the organizers.

Highlights

Meet leading voices such as Manuel Heitor (Chair, EU Horizon Expert Group), Maria Leptin (President, ERC), Patrick Cramer (President, Max Planck Society), Robbert Dijkgraaf (President-elect, ISC), Bettina Rockenbach (President, Leopoldina), Walter Rosenthal (President, HRK), Marek Konarzewski (President, Polish Academy of Sciences), and Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University).

Join high-level roundtables hosted by the Max Planck Society, the Leopoldina, CoARA, SPRIN-D, the Young Academy of Europe and Table.Media’s Research.Table.

Listen in as DIE ZEIT – Das Politikteil, one of Germany’s leading political podcasts, records a live edition at the Summit.

Celebrate breakthrough science at the presentation of the €1 million Körber European Science Prize – one of Europe’s most prestigious research awards – on 19 September.